Creative Commons licenses are an alternative to traditional copyright licensing:
- Allows copyright owners to apply different reuse licenses to their content which allows others to reuse their works in certain ways
- When others see a Creative Commons license on your content they may reuse the content based on the specific parameters you have selected
Advantages:
- allows you to safely share your content and allow others to reuse it without fear of copyright violations
- several different licensing options to choose from allowing flexible attribution and reuse
- ability to trace content back to the original source through Creative Commons citations
Creative Commons licenses can be applied in two different ways:
- Use & Remix: reuse works created by others who have applied a Creative Commons license
- Share Your Work: apply a Creative Commons license to a works you hold a valid copyright on for others to reuse
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